100% agree.

Sports reporter, Michelle Dapper of KCRA channel 3, covered the official introduction of Brennan Marion and said, "expect a big announcement about Sac's football stadium soon." It's obvious that Sac is all in and they are gung-ho to do whatever it takes to move up to the FBS preferably the PAC12.

At this point, it appears that they are taking a "build it and they will come" approach. There has been unconfirmed talk that the PAC12 Committee has lined up potential big donors from Sacramento businesses and local area Indian Casinos including $50 million in NIL money but it may depend on whether they get an invite to the PAC12 or a major FBS conference.

They've hired a up and coming head coach who seems to be following the style of Deion Sanders at Colorado where you come in and abruptly clean house by dismissing a lot of the players currently on the roster and bring in a huge number of new players from all over the country. It looks like they are taking a "win at any cost" approach where they are willing to embrace the new era of "professional college football" that involves players chasing big NIL deals and academics and character take a back seat to winning.

It sounds like he has multiple skills: OL/DL and long snapper. It also looks like he's a good baseball player. I wonder if he'll play both sports if he comes to Davis?

Get video! Chima and TJ are two of the greatest players ever to wear an Aggie uniform. Man, I loved watching those two play!

Chima has a bunch of cool videos on his YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@chimdoggg/videos

Here is an interesting article by UC Irvine's sports editor about the pros and cons of the Aggies moving to the MWC:

https://newuniversity.org/2025/01/03/surprise-announcement-by-uc-davis-is-deeper-than-affiliation-change/

Another National Championship for NDSU. 35-32 over MSU.

I think MSU HC, Brent Vigen, made a big mistake when he decided to go for on a 4th 5 in their own territory with a minute to go in the first half. They didn't make it and the Bison got the ball back on a short field and scored in the final seconds of the first half to make it 21-3 at the half.

MSU was struggling on both sides of the ball in the first half. It would have been much wiser to punt the ball and probably go into the locker room behind 14-3 instead of 21-3 where they could regroup and come out in the second half with adjustments. As it was, they made halftime adjustments and then came back and outscored the Bison 29-14 in the second half. Without that short field, Bison TD to end the first half, the Bobcats win the game...

MSU roars back. 28-25 Bison with 11:25 to go. Great game!

Have them contact the AD, Rocko DeLuca. I'm sure he would be happy to advise them about what to do and who to talk to.

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It takes a lot of experience and talent by a coaching staff to find the overlooked, diamonds-in-the-rough.

Former Texas and Alabama WR, Agiye Hall, who was ranked as the #1 WR in the country by 247 Sports out of high school has committed to Sac State. Hall was arrested for drug trafficking charges in July of 2023 and was previously kicked off from Texas after being arrested for criminal mischief. He was set to enroll at Central Florida prior to his commitment to Sac State.

https://www.si.com/college/texas/news/former-texas-and-alabama-wr-agiye-hall-please-no-contest-to-drug-trafficking-charge-01j44vybgj4k

More Sac players are announcing that they have been let go by Marion. Some of their fans on their football forum are shocked at about a few of them. Recent cuts include Dev Gandy, Darren Gandy, Phoenix Rose and Xander Chisolm. Dev Gandy has now been picked up by Incarnate Word.

https://bigskyfans.com/threads/2025-offseason-portal-tracker.29969/page-11

It looks like he has numerous lower division offers as well.

Here's a couple of post-game comments from Les and Matador Coach Andy Newman:

I didn't like our start on defense," Les said.

"When we lock in on defense, we can be pretty good, but we let them get some rhythm and some confidence early on their home floor and then they started feeling pretty good about themselves and that's hard to stop. Once an offense like theirs gets rolling, it's hard to shut off the faucet.

This is Division I, big boy basketball," Les added emphatically.

"It's a big, tough game and we can't be soft like we were today. We have to get better. I challenged everyone afterward that we need to get back to playing Aggie basketball. Today, our concentration just wasn't what it should be.

Added Newman, "Today's win was huge. Coach Les is an established coach and a mentor of mine, and if I could have half the career he's had, I'd be really happy. It's always fun when you beat a really good team that's really well coached and that's what we did today.

https://www.thewaryone.com/p/aggie-men-complete-disappointing?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2582284&post_id=154181944&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=31ratq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Those are valid points of view, Toke. I wonder if he will have another year of eligibility or whether he will be timed out and/or graduate.

You don't have to be particularly big to be a good rebounder. CSUN's Keonte Jones is 6''6 and he had 20 boards today to go along with 13 points, 6 assists, 3 steals and a block. We could use a player like that!

This is a fun team to watch. They have good depth and they play up tempo and unselfishly. I love their defensive intensity also. Two big road tests next week!

I think that having Borra out has hurt this team more than I was previously thinking. Like DrMike said, he's a big body and he has really bulked up in the off season. He was making a lot of progress last season and expect he would be having a bigger impact this year.

He would be a big defensive presence in the post and, on offense, teams would have to pay attention to him in the paint which would free up players like Mani and Chapelle play more on the perimeter where I think they are more effective currently with their good shooting. Having Borra out has put a lot of pressure on Rocak to play extended minutes and has forced Les to use Mani and Chapelle in ways that aren't their particular strengths also.